‘Tis the Season to shop! Start overwhelm now. It can be challenging to get everyone something. Forgetting key people, shopping last minute, buying junk. Let’s get organized about it all. Grab a pad and get started. Start a list – put everyone on it: Family, Friends, Co-workers, Service Providers, Hostess gifts in one row going down. Then put a price … Read More
Being Thankful and Grateful
November has the major holiday of Thanksgiving. Over the last few years I have seen and heard a lot of the benefits of gratitude journals and being more grateful for what we have. Thanksgiving is a day most have atleast a few thoughts during the day about what they are thankful for. So, this November here are some things to … Read More
Back to School – Back to Routine
Summer affords us some give. Some give in our schedules and tasks. But, things slip. We get out of the habits of the good things – exercise, working on projects, certain cleaning schedules and more. Even if you don’t have children in school, the beginning of September feels like a mini-New Year. It is a great time to push the … Read More
Focus on Less Tasks
We are so busy. We constantly try to do more in less time. Multi-task! Well, actually focusing on more at the same time makes each task harder and increases the likelihood of mistakes. Focus your efforts on one task at a time. If you know you don’t have the time to actually finish the entire task, set a timer to … Read More
January is Over!
Goodness, 2019 started and is now 1 month in! What have you done so far? No worries if you haven’t started on your goals yet. 11 months to go. If you’ve written some out, pick the 3 you want to move forward on for February. Not them all, just 3. And then write out the first few actions you need … Read More
10 Things to do for the Holidays NOW
10 Things to do for the Holidays NOW The holiday season is ramping up – it started 11/1! Every year for most is seems like a hectic race to the finish line. It doesn’t have to be. Do these 10 things and set yourself up for a bit more of an organized season. Make a list of all the people … Read More
How much is too much?
I often get asked when working with clients the question “How much is too much of x?” It may be clothing, it may be crafting items, it may be serving platters. There is no answer I can give! It has to be determined by the owner of the items. If you have 2 huge closets but you have several bins … Read More
Alliteration for Making Things Easier
Alliteration is all around, Taco Tuesday, Wacky Wednesday and so on. It makes things easy to remember and creates a habit. I’ve heard it on the Happier podcast recently and have read about it in other places too so I wanted to offer up a few ways you can make some alliteration slogans that make your life easier! Trouble paying … Read More
How much do you have?
We are all surprised sometimes by how much of one item we really do have. If I said estimate how many pairs of socks you have – you may say 20. But when you dump all the socks from all the locations onto the bed and tally up you have 62! Um, that is 2 months worth! When things are … Read More
Manage Laundry Better
Everyone’s got laundry! I know some do it a lot more often than others (run out of underwear recently?), but you still need to do it! Most sort into at least 2 categories, dark and light. One simple time saver is to have 2 hampers! You can get them for under $10 all over the place and it saves the … Read More